Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has selected 28 organizations to receive the agency’s 2010 Science and Service Awards. These awards recognize exemplary implementation of evidence-based interventions that have been shown to prevent and/or treat mental illnesses and substance abuse.

 

The awards program is part of SAMHSA’s strategic initiative on the prevention of substance abuse and mental illnesses. Now in its fourth year, this annual award program recognizes public- and private-sector organizations, as well as community-based coalitions, that have worked to improve their communities and the lives of individuals by providing the best services possible.

 

"Families and individuals deserve the most effective services possible for the prevention and treatment of health conditions, including mental health and substance use disorders," said SAMHSA’s Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "These award winners deserve to be commended for blazing new trails in providing such cutting-edge, effective services in their communities."

 

Awardees were chosen in each of five categories: substance abuse prevention; treatment of substance abuse and recovery support services; mental health promotion; treatment of mental illness and recovery support services; and co-occurring disorders.

 

To be eligible for these non-monetary awards, an organization had to demonstrate successful implementation of a recognized evidence-based intervention, including interventions that have been published in the scientific literature and/or appear on a federal or state registry. Awards were made to the following organizations:

 

State                  Organization

Arizona               Old Pueblo Community Services, Tucson

California             Project 180, Los Angeles

Colorado             Addiction Research & Treatment Services, Denver

                            Denver Juvenile and Family Justice TASC Project, Denver

                            Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver

Connecticut          Connecticut Center for Effective Practice, Farmington

                            NAFI CT, Inc., Farmington

                            Wheeler Clinic, Plainville

Florida                 Borinquen Health Care Center, Miami

                            Crosswinds Youth Services, Cocoa

                            Henderson Mental Health Center, Inc., Fort Lauderdale

                            Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc., Miami

Illinois                   Family Service and Community Health Center, McHenry

Massachusetts       CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc., Peabody

                             Institute for Health and Recovery, Cambridge

Michigan               InterAct of Michigan, Inc., Kalamazoo

Missouri                Missouri Cadre for Co-Occurring Excellence, St. Louis

                             Missouri Department of Mental Health, Jefferson City

New Jersey           Fox GERI: Geriatric Education & Research Institute, Cherry Hill

New York            Center for Practice Innovations, New York City

                             Mt. Hope Family Center, Rochester

                             New York State Office of Alcohol & Substance Abuse Services, Albany

North Carolina      3-C Family Services, Cary

Ohio                     Cuyahoga County ADAMHS Board, Cleveland

                             Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services, Cincinnati

Pennsylvania          Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia

Tennessee             Centerstone of Tennessee, Inc., Nashville

Utah                     Weber Human Services, Ogden

 

More information on these awardees is available through the Science and Service Awards page on SAMHSA’s Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/scienceandservice/.